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Natalie Ganpatsingh

By Natalie Ganpatsingh on 17th July 2023

Natalie Ganpatsingh is a director of the social enterprise, Nature Nurture, and a Trustee at the Network of Wellbeing. In the second edition of our series talking to people in the world of wellbeing, Natalie tells us about her journey

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Weaving wellbeing with wool

By Robyn O'Mahony on 27th June 2023

The Woolly Nanas have been weaving wellbeing with wool since 2021. Now they’re joining the Share Shed and Network of Wellbeing (NOW) to host the WoolFest – a celebration of all things woollen. NOW’s Communications Officer, Robyn O’Mahoney talks to

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David Green

By Robyn O'Mahony on 23rd May 2023

David Green is an author, business founder and wellbeing enthusiast. Here, in the first of a series of posts on people in the wellbeing world, he talks to our Communications Officer, Robyn O’Mahony, about how he got interested in wellbeing

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Nature – the gift that keeps giving

By Roger Higman on 17th May 2023

Nature is amazing, isn’t it? Science tells us that it’s vital for our wellbeing – whether it be by lifting our mood or helping us heal after a medical operation. Yet so often we take it for granted. Here, as

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Walking for anxiety

By Robyn O'Mahony on 10th May 2023

Walking in nature helped Robyn O’Mahony, NOW’s Communications Officer, to tackle her anxiety. Here, for Mental Health Awareness Week, she writes about how walking works for her. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ I’ve always been an anxious person. It started when I was very

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A new relationship to stuff?

By Roger Higman on 4th May 2023

A new relationship to ‘stuff’, alongside self-care, connecting with each other, enjoying nature and putting wellbeing at the heart of policy, is at the core of our vision for a world where people and the planet thrive. Here, NOW’s Director,

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Income and emotional wellbeing: a conflict resolved?

By Roger Higman on 27th March 2023

Can money buy you happiness? New research from Nobel Prize-winning economist, Daniel Kahneman and his critic, Matthew Killingsworth, suggests that it can – unless you have other underlying reasons to be unhappy. However, NOW’s Director, Roger Higman warns against drawing

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